AMD 1.2 (266)

[Evil-c]

Ok i know silly question..but here goes

i just got a abit kt7a and a amd 1.2 (266) and want to know what temperatures are safe to run at??
It aint o/c'ed yet and idles at 35c and 100% cpu goes to 54c, i am gettin nervous at 54c as i dont know what the safe operating temperatures are.anyone help??

i heard amd say 95c but that sounds very hight

[fireball****aka fireball_87]

it will run at that, but it's preffable to keep the max temp in the low-mid forties and the min bellow 35 if you want to o/c and it's better for stabillty and the life of the cpu :) try to pick up a fop32-1 or better, and good luck :)

[Fiz]

95'C is the VERY MAX that the proc will run at, but, they don't say it will be stable. :) I would shoot for the mid 40's under load, idle temps aren't as important, as long as they are not way high. What kind of heatsink are you using? If it's a stock one, that could be why it's running warm. Go for a Globalwin, that should cool ya down a bunch. Also, if your heatsink has a thermal pad on it, take it off and toture it for being so crappy at conducting heat. :) Then get some good thermal paste. That should get you cool and realy for some snazzy OCing.

[Evil-c]

I am running it with a Alpha 6035MFC heatsink and a Delta 60HP fan (wanted Delta 60MP but not in stock)
and have a layer of arctic silver 2 between cpu and sink..

It seems to hold at 54c max at 100% cpu load but machine needs to run like this for days at a time and ni was wondering if this will kill my cpu off..

[Fiz]

What kind of case cooling you got going on? (just curious) Anyhow, as long as you run it at default that temp won't even make it flinch. If you OC and pump more volts into it, you have to drop that temp as it can damage the proc. The absolute highes I would let the temps go is 60'C. I think with anything higher that the risk/benefit ratio for OCing goes way into the risk side. I was wondering about the case temps because, I added 2 fans to my case, one in the side panel aimed toward the proc and northbridge and one in the top to vent out hot air. I now have a total of 4 case fans, when I added the two my proc and system temp dropped considerably and my stability went way up.

[Evil-c]

For the case cooler i run an Antec Cyclone blower,
case temp is 32c and never flinches above it.
oh yeah my case is closed to,i suppose i will try with side off tomorrow see what happens.

[Sirfin]

Hi,

Running my abit kt7a 1200 mhz athlon @ 1413. My temp never goes above 40' celsius. From what I understand anything under 50' celsius is fine. If your running hotter might want to try a better heat sink and fan combo. I'm using a vantec heatsink with a 80mm fan on top. You can find them at coolerguys.com

Good luck with it,

Sirfin/Kevin

[kat]

all socket a mb`s read lower then the real temp this is due to the thermister positioning in a secondary heat pathway, to get a more accurate reading bend the thermister up a little and put a smidge of thermal grease on it

abit has made an ajustment to the thermister in the kt7a so as to read a little closer to the real temp even with that..... when i applyed the grease to the thermister the temps still read a little higher then before

any thing over 50C should be considered a reason to look for better cooling ;D

[Oni]

Evil-c (Apr 07, 2001 11:34 a.m.):
Ok i know silly question..but here goes

i just got a abit kt7a and a amd 1.2 (266) and want to know what temperatures are safe to run at??
It aint o/c'ed yet and idles at 35c and 100% cpu goes to 54c, i am gettin nervous at 54c as i dont know what the safe operating temperatures are.anyone help??

i heard amd say 95c but that sounds very hight

You might also want to consider lapping your heatsink. To do that (If you don't already know), remove your heatsink from the processor (duh) and peel that stupid goo off of the bottom, if you havn't already, and sacrifice it to the o/c gods ^_^. Next remove your fan, and place the heatsink into a vice and snug it up. Make sure its level! Then, with some 3M 400 - 600 grit wet paper, some warm soapy water, and a flat block (a 2x4 or a piece of glass would work), have at it for about 30 - 40 minutes, and the mill marks will come right out! But remember, the higher the grit on the paper, the longer it will take. I did this to my Volcano II (w/ stock fan . . . *grumble* 26cfm . . .) and even w/o any thermal paste, I saw a 3 - 4'C drop in temp.

[fireball****aka fireball_87]

Evil-c (Apr 07, 2001 02:27 p.m.):
For the case cooler i run an Antec Cyclone blower,
case temp is 32c and never flinches above it.
oh yeah my case is closed to,i suppose i will try with side off tomorrow see what happens.

pleese dont tell me all you got is one fan! :D try at leased 4 ;D

[viking84]

i've read elsewhere about taping the upper half of your heatsink with tape to create more airflow around the bottom of the heat sink (in theory- more airflow around bottom of heatsink means more heat taken off the processor, which = more cooling, which = more stability, which = more clocking ;D

who has tried this, and if so what temp results did you have with it?

booya!

[TT120]

viking84 (Apr 07, 2001 06:38 p.m.):
i've read elsewhere about taping the upper half of your heatsink with tape to create more airflow around the bottom of the heat sink (in theory- more airflow around bottom of heatsink means more heat taken off the processor, which = more cooling, which = more stability, which = more clocking ;D

who has tried this, and if so what temp results did you have with it?

booya!
My Alpha came with a shroud to do just that very thing and the fan sucks air from it instead of blowing down onto the cpu. It seems to work very well. I've gone a bit more extreme in my cooling now but when I was running the Alpha it worked great.

[diehrd]

I have the 1.2 at 1.43 with the alpha pal 6035,And 2 fans,The stock fan and a high output Slot A fan posistioned over the bigger fan,Lots of air flow with this back yard design,lol

I run a max temp of 48c under full load for any period of time.

If i get into the 54c range which I do at a higher clock speed I become unstable,And with the warmer months ahead 54c leaves you no head room for more heat.

Make sure the artic 2 paste is as thick as a piece of paper,I had a really thin layer on mine and ran really warm,cleaned it all up and applied slightly more and got lower temps.